Rail-joint.



No. 813,831. PATBNTBD FEB. 27, 1906.

A. T. ROWLANDS.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION IILBD N OV. 21, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAIL-JOINT,

Specification of Letters Patent.

'Eatented Feb. 27, 1906.

Applioation filed November 21, 1905. Serial No. 288,411-

To (Ml 1071,0121 it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT T. RowLANns, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Garrick, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail- Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference .being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and.

useful improvements in rail-joints; and the invention has for its object the provision of novel means for holding the confronting ends of two sections of rails together, whereby they cannot become longitudinally or laterally displaced.

Briefly described, my improved rail-joint consists of employing a chair or base-plate having scalloped edges, and the rails to be seated in said chair and retained therein have their base-flanges scalloped to correspond to the scallops of the chair or base-plate. When rails are positioned upon my improved chair, thescalloped edges of the chair or base-plate will prevent the rails from moving longitudinally or laterally from one another, and the conventional form of spike may be employed for retaining the chair or base-plate upon ties or the like foundation.

The above construction will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and,referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which a Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan of my improved rail-joint. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line at at of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a section of rail constructed in accordance with my invention.

To put my invention into practice, I employ two sections of rails 1 1, and the basefianges 2 2 of said rails are provided with scalloped edges 3 8. A chair or base-plate 4 is employed for retaining the sections of rails 1 1 together, said chair being formed with a longitudinally-disposed seat 5, the sides of which are scalloped, as at 6-6. The outer edges of the chair are slightly flanged, as at 7 7, to add rigidity to the chair or base-plate. The base-plate is adapted to be secured to the ties or sleepers of a road-bed by a conventional form of spikes, (not shown,) this also being true of the rail-sections intermediate the joints.

It will be observed that the scalloped sides of the chair or base-plate prevent the rails 1 1 from becoming longitudinally displaced, also from moving laterally within the chair or base-plate. l

I preferably construct my improved chair or base-plate of a strong and durable metal similar to the rails 1 1, which are constructed of a material similar to the rails at present used.

Such changes in the construction of my improved rail-joint as are permissible by the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. ,The combination of two sections of-rails having their base-flanges scalloped, a chair having a seat formed therein, said seat having scalloped sides corresponding to the scalloped base-flanges of said rails, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a rail having the edge of its base-flange scalloped, of a chair having a seat formed therein, said seat having scalloped sides adapted to engage the base-flanges of said rail, substantially as described.

In testimonywhereof I afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT T. ROWLANDS.

Witnesses:

K. H. BUTLER. E. E. POTTER. 

